Asked whether the film might reveal details not yet widely known, Mr. Boal pointed to a scene portraying the capture of Abbu Faraj al-Libbi, a Queda leader, by Pakistan’s intelligence forces in 2005. The film’s depiction of Mr. Faraj being cornered by male operatives disguised in burqas, he said, closely adheres to his reporting. (But he adds, “I don’t know if all the burqas were black,” and the scene was set in the park rather than a cemetery, where it really occurred, because of difficulties in getting permission to shoot in graveyards.)